Tornado reported in Grant Parish; Red River flooding multiple parishesTornado reported in Grant Parish; Red River flooding multiple parishes

Property by Nantachie Lake in Grant Parish, which is flooding due to water not being able to drain into the rising Red River.(Photo: Miranda Klein/The Town Talk)Buy Photo

Several Central Louisiana parishes were hit with severe weather and continued flooding caused by the Red River on Thursday.

In Grant Parish, there were reports of a possible tornado in Colfax. (Photo: Melinda Martinez/The Town Talk)

Sonya Wiley-Gremillion, director of Rapides Parish Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, earlier in the week warned residents in Rapides who flooded or barely escaped flooding last year that they would see even more water this year.

The Avoyelles Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness also began warning residentsA inA the areas of Brouillette,A Fifth Ward,A Moncla and Vick to prepare for flooding.

Joey Frank,A homeland security director, said WednesdayA evening that those areas were already seeing several inches of water and theyA could see a couple moreA feet before the Red River crests.